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Embers Adrift and Monsters & Memories devs come together to talk indie MMORPG devlopment
This week saw the developers of two classically styled MMORPGs come together to talk shop, as Monsters & Memories creative director and producer Shawn...
EVE Online plans two expansions, Vanguard tests, returning events, and a 21st anniversary in 2024 roadmap
The content roadmaps continue to flow freely from our corner of gaming, as CCP Games has put out its full-year plan for EVE Online,...
The Daily Grind: How much do you think the whales of your top MMO spend in a year?
A few weeks back, following Korea's Fair Trade Commission ordering Nexon to pay nearly $9M in fines over its deceptive gamble-upgrade mechanics, players went...
One Shots: A heated meeting
What are two words that delight you to hear as a child in school but terrify you as an adult? "Field trip!"
Rose can attest...
Global Chat: The EverQuest Fippy Awards
The EverQuest Show is starting the year with a for-fun awards ceremony featuring the two EverQuest MMOs. Who will win? Who will lose? Will this be...
LOTRO Legendarium: Digging into LOTRO’s 2024 roadmap, from U39 to the Baharbêl expansion
Oh boy -- it's roadmap time for Lord of the Rings Online! As we've been seeing over the past few years, Standing Stone Games...
WRUP: A spectacular story about Lyle with help from Wikipedia edition
Lyle is a great guy who was born in Scotland in 1987! Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Wait,...
The Daily Grind: What’s a perfect MMO for a chill experience?
While some of us absolutely thrive on cutthroat PvP competition and high-stakes, fast-paced action in our MMORPGs, unceasing excitement isn't for everyone. I know...
Vague Patch Notes: What City of Heroes Homecoming means for the wider MMORPG industry
As you have probably noticed from the fact that I have been writing about City of Heroes nonstop since the Homecoming server got its...
Diablo IV fleshes out the Seneschal companions coming in Season of the Construct
Last night's Blizzard stream on Diablo IV's already well-fleshed-out Season of the Construct dropped both eyecandy and details on the upcoming content. "Associate director...
The Daily Grind: What will be the next MMO to undergo a big business model shift?
2023 turned out to be a weird year for business models in MMOs. It was certainly the year of cadence shifts and seasonal shifts,...
Guild Wars 2 studio says no accounts involved in new social engineering claim were compromised by CS
The Guild Wars 2 Reddit community has been up in arms this week over a gigantic thread started by former ArenaNet partner and content...
City of Heroes Homecoming teases I27p7’s new powersets (plural) and story arcs
City of Heroes' Homecoming team, having been under official license by NCsoft for the last two weeks, issued an address to players on its...
Perfect Ten: The weirdest weapons from MMOs of yore
Swords. Staffs. Maces. Spears. Wands. Bows. Crossbows. Double-crossbows. Hammers. Wolverine claws. Daggers. Axes. Deadly? Yes. Fashionable? Not so much. A two-handed sword is so...
APB Reloaded is sunsetting its console versions – in fact, the Xbox server is already permanently offline
We've got some bad news for the APB community: Last night, Little Orbit announced that it's sunsetting APB Reloaded's console versions.
"The decision to discontinue...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most kludgy MMO system you’ve encountered?
The other day I was watching MMO players have a good-natured discussion about transmog systems among various titles. A few FFXIV players lamented how...
Lord of the Rings Online’s 2024 roadmap includes an expansion, new hobby, and kinship ‘refresh’
It's Lord of the Rings Online's turn at the roadmap podium as this 17-year-old MMORPG announced its 2024 plans today. While perhaps not as...
Choose My Adventure: Returning to Genshin Impact in 2024
I'm irritated to admit that this week's edition of Choose My Adventure was more like a misadventure thanks to technical issues, to my surprise,...
Overwatch 2 admits talking about self-healing early was ‘a mistake’ and promises further clarity soon
Overwatch 2 director Aaron Keller sent the shooter's community into a bit of a wobble earlier in the week when he discussed several gameplay...
Tibia-inspired MMO Ravendawn launches today – without the NFTs of its sister game
Those looking for a new MMO launch to start the year or a spiritual successor to one of the genre's oldest titles may want...
